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WRING FROM

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Dictionary entry overview: What does wring from mean?

• WRING FROM (verb)
The verb WRING FROM has 1 sense:

1. get or cause to become in a difficult or laborious manner

Familiarity information: WRING FROM used as a verb is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• WRING FROM (verb)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Get or cause to become in a difficult or laborious manner

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Synonyms:

wring from; extort

Hypernyms (to "wring from" is one way to...):

obtain (come into possession of)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "wring from"):

prise; pry (make an uninvited or presumptuous inquiry)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

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